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ðŸĪ– I don’t always write bugsâ€Ķ But when I do, they’re creative. ðŸ’Ą 19 | Self-taught dev | Building things that break (then fixing them) 🚀 Mobile, Web,AI, and open-source:| Let’s nerd out over tech!

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Education

BSc IT @ Middlesex | SWE Diploma @ Aptech | Forever Self-Taught

Pronouns

He/Him

Work

Software Engineer (Full-Stack) | Mobile @ Octiflex | Freelance | Tech Creator

Hacktoberfest 2026 Challenge Completion
June Solstice Game Jam Completion
Two Year Club
Gemma 4 Challenge Completion
Google I/O 2026 Writing Challenge Completion
4 Week Community Wellness Streak
Google Cloud NEXT Writing Challenge Completion Badge
OpenClaw Challenge Completion Badge
DEV Weekend Challenge Winner
Notion MCP Challenge Completion
2026 WeCoded Completion
Multi-Agent Systems Builder
My Passion for Coding Isn't 404. It's 503.

Reframing burnout as temporary system maintenance

My Passion for Coding Isn't 404. It's 503.

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I Built Letterbox to Explain Difficult Letters. It Caught an AI Adding a Deadline.

Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend Submission ðŸĪ

I Built Letterbox to Explain Difficult Letters. It Caught an AI Adding a Deadline.

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I Built an AI Memory Agent That Forgets on Purpose — Then Spent Two Days Proving It Actually Works

Salience scores and exponential decay math

I Built an AI Memory Agent That Forgets on Purpose — Then Spent Two Days Proving It Actually Works

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The Unspoken Grief of Switching From a Language You Loved

The Unspoken Grief of Switching From a Language You Loved

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The Silent Panic of Being Asked "Can You Just Quickly Fix This?"

The controversy of "just" and "simply" in tech

The Silent Panic of Being Asked "Can You Just Quickly Fix This?"

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ECHO PROTOCOL — I Built a Game Where You Play as Alan Turing's Last AI, Interrogated by a Live Gemini Model

June Solstice Game Jam Submission

ECHO PROTOCOL — I Built a Game Where You Play as Alan Turing's Last AI, Interrogated by a Live Gemini Model

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Google I/O 2026 made me ask an uncomfortable question: are we still coding, or are we managing builders?

Google I/O Writing Challenge Submission

Google I/O 2026 made me ask an uncomfortable question: are we still coding, or are we managing builders?

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I Built ContextFabric: One Private Memory Layer Across Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and More with Local Gemma 4

Gemma 4 Challenge: Build With Gemma 4 Submission

I Built ContextFabric: One Private Memory Layer Across Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and More with Local Gemma 4

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The Emotional Lifecycle of Every Side Project (A Map)

Naming the feelings that make builders quit

The Emotional Lifecycle of Every Side Project (A Map)

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The Most Important Announcement at Google Cloud NEXT '26 That Nobody Is Talking About

Google Cloud NEXT '26 Challenge Submission

The Most Important Announcement at Google Cloud NEXT '26 That Nobody Is Talking About

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What It Actually Feels Like to Build Something You're Proud Of

The initial dread and the silence of shipping

What It Actually Feels Like to Build Something You're Proud Of

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The Honest Windows Guide to OpenClaw: What I Learned After a Full Day of Errors

OpenClaw Challenge Submission ðŸĶž

The Honest Windows Guide to OpenClaw: What I Learned After a Full Day of Errors

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I Built an App That Listens to Your Garden and Tells You What's Disappearing. 🌍

DEV Weekend Challenge: Earth Day

I Built an App That Listens to Your Garden and Tells You What's Disappearing. 🌍

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Trace AI: I Pointed a Camera at a Whiteboard. Notion Built the Entire System Design Doc.

Notion MCP Challenge Submission 🧠

Trace AI: I Pointed a Camera at a Whiteboard. Notion Built the Entire System Design Doc.

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The 8-Month Feature Nobody Wanted (Including Me, Eventually)

The 8-Month Feature Nobody Wanted (Including Me, Eventually)

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Remote Work Didn't Fix Toxic Culture—It Just Made It Async

Remote Work Didn't Fix Toxic Culture—It Just Made It Async

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My AI Caught a ÂĢ3,200 Scope Creep at 3am While I Was Asleep—Here's the Notion MCP System I Built

Notion MCP Challenge Submission 🧠

My AI Caught a ÂĢ3,200 Scope Creep at 3am While I Was Asleep—Here's the Notion MCP System I Built

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I Mapped My Entire Freelance Client Onboarding Process. It took 6 tools and 73 minutes. Here's What I Found.

I Mapped My Entire Freelance Client Onboarding Process. It took 6 tools and 73 minutes. Here's What I Found.

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The Loneliness of Being the Only Dev in the Room

The Loneliness of Being the Only Dev in the Room

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Something the internet doesn't say enough

WeCoded 2026: Echoes of Experience 💜

Something the internet doesn't say enough

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I Built an AI That Writes Victorian Funeral Rites for Dead Websites — Using 5 Specialised Agents ðŸ•Ŋïļ

Education Track: Build Multi-Agent Systems with ADK

I Built an AI That Writes Victorian Funeral Rites for Dead Websites — Using 5 Specialised Agents ðŸ•Ŋïļ

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I built a tool that turns bugs into diary entries—and debugging it taught me more than the tool itself

Built with Google Gemini: Writing Challenge

I built a tool that turns bugs into diary entries—and debugging it taught me more than the tool itself

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BridgeTheGap: Turning GitHub Intimidation into First PRs

BridgeTheGap: Turning GitHub Intimidation into First PRs

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I Built DevConnect — Because My Developer WhatsApp Group Is a Goldmine That Keeps Forgetting Everything

DEV Weekend Challenge: Community

I Built DevConnect — Because My Developer WhatsApp Group Is a Goldmine That Keeps Forgetting Everything

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We Built Voice Chat That Lives Entirely in Your Terminal (Yes, Really)

GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge Submission

We Built Voice Chat That Lives Entirely in Your Terminal (Yes, Really)

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🛑 The Refusal Engine: Preventing Cloud Misconfigurations Before They Ship

🛑 The Refusal Engine: Preventing Cloud Misconfigurations Before They Ship

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Choosing a Stack Is a Social Decision, Not a Technical One

Choosing a Stack Is a Social Decision, Not a Technical One

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Why “Just Be Consistent” Is Terrible Advice for Developers

Why “Just Be Consistent” Is Terrible Advice for Developers

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The Reset Button That Wasn't: Why 2026 Demands a New Kind of Resolution

The Reset Button That Wasn't: Why 2026 Demands a New Kind of Resolution

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The Dopamine Hit of git push vs. The Agony of git revert

The Dopamine Hit of git push vs. The Agony of git revert

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We Need to Stop Calling It 'Imposter Syndrome'

We Need to Stop Calling It 'Imposter Syndrome'

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It's Okay If Your Biggest Hobby Isn't Coding

It's Okay If Your Biggest Hobby Isn't Coding

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Canvas to Code: Dashboard Layouts with KendoReact

Canvas to Code: Dashboard Layouts with KendoReact

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They were wrong; 3 "Best Practices" I Followed That Almost Ruined My Project

They were wrong; 3 "Best Practices" I Followed That Almost Ruined My Project

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Building an Interactive Office with Pure CSS: A Journey from Wall to Coffee Machine

Frontend Challenge CSS Art Submission

Building an Interactive Office with Pure CSS: A Journey from Wall to Coffee Machine

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Axero Workspace: The Modern Intranet Dashboard

Axero Workspace: The Modern Intranet Dashboard

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Automated VC Analyst: AI-Powered Investment Memos & Pitch Decks

Automated VC Analyst: AI-Powered Investment Memos & Pitch Decks

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DadHub: A Modern Father's Day Celebration Landing Page 🎉

DadHub: A Modern Father's Day Celebration Landing Page 🎉

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Juneteenth Freedom Clock - A CSS Art Celebration

Juneteenth Freedom Clock - A CSS Art Celebration

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TaskFlow: Seamless Email-to-Task Management with Postmark & Supabase

TaskFlow: Seamless Email-to-Task Management with Postmark & Supabase

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Real-Time News Sentiment Tracker with Bright Data Proxies

Real-Time News Sentiment Tracker with Bright Data Proxies

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Is Java Really That Bad? My Take as an Android Dev 🚀

Is Java Really That Bad? My Take as an Android Dev 🚀

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